Summary: Boot Options and Control Keys

The following keys can be pressed when the keyboard POST indicator appears.

Key

 

 

 

Result

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

(display

keyboard)

Normal

mode

boot,

graphical

System Management Services

starts.

 

 

 

 

1 (ASCII

keyboard)

Normal mode boot, text-based System Management Services

starts.

 

 

 

 

 

F5

(display

keyboard)

Service mode boot, default boot list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

(ASCII

keyboard)

Service mode boot, default boot list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

F6

(display

keyboard)

Service mode boot, custom boot list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

(ASCII

keyboard)

Service mode boot, custom

boot

list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F8

(display

keyboard)

Normal

mode

boot, Open Firmware command line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

(ASCII

keyboard)

Normal

mode

boot,

Open Firmware

command line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM SA38-0512-03 manual Summary Boot Options and Control Keys, Result